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 real london |
What is this reel used for ? |
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Posts: 16 08/06/2009 05:23 |
  
I came by this reel at auction but I don't have a clue as to what it may be used for, my best guess is trolling? It does'nt pivot so I dont think it's a side caster, it's 5''inches x 1''1/2'' in wood and brass. Any info on this reels use, maker, country of origin e.t.c would be very welcome. Please feel free to browse my website and leave any information on this reel via my guest book on www.vintagefishingtackle.org
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Posts: 862 08/07/2009 09:00 |
Yes, trolling ...or pier fishing or bottom fishing. Traditionally with cuttyhunk or wire line.
By the way ...still enjoying the Hardy reel oiler I got from you a while back. Thanks again. Dean.
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Posts: 3236 08/07/2009 14:07 Admin |
My guess had been an early trotting reel. Or precursor centrepin.
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real london |
Thanks for your comments Reelsmith & PCQ | #3 | ||
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Posts: 17 08/07/2009 14:28 |
I just can't work out how one would use this reel due to the position of the foot, would it be fitted on a conventional rod ? also the stamp
on the foot a T or a hammer is this a makers stamp, and if so can anyone tell who made it.
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Posts: 3237 08/07/2009 15:52 Admin |
Could you post a sideways shot showing the spool?
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Posts: 863 08/07/2009 16:55 |
pcg wrote:That too ! Here is what they look like from the side ... 
It's essentially just a big spool with knobs on it ...a very basic line storage device. They mount to the reel just as a sidemount fly reel would. |
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Posts: 3239 08/07/2009 17:02 Admin |
Dean, that's a beautiful reel! A true glamor shot. I want it!
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Posts: 864 08/07/2009 18:41 |
pcg wrote:Well, you'll have to talk to this guy .. http://www.jimsyvertsen.com/About%20Jim/About%20Jim.htm He is apparently a master wood-turner. The reel is at the very bottom of the page. I know nothing about him ...just stumbled upon it while googling for a picture to show you. Click on the home button at the very bottom of the page to see some of his work (not reels, unfortunately). |
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real london |
side view of reel | #8 | ||
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Posts: 18 08/08/2009 09:23 |
 
More photographs of this reel Why use a reel like this instead of a more conventional one, where's the advantage? A lot of work has gone into the making of this reel with it's open bearings and large cherry wood handles I just get the idea it was made with a specific use in mind. |
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Posts: 3245 08/08/2009 09:46 Admin |
At the time the reel was made there was a lot of fairly "passive" fishing done in the UK. A line would be let out and allowed to drift down the slow
moving rivers. It was perfect if you had come down to the river edge with your gillie, who carried your chair and tackle. You of course were dressed in your
three piece suit, your head carefully covered in a tight wool hat. Drift, watch, retrieve. There were numerous reel styles, including this one (that now looks
so odd to us). I'd call it the perfect trotting accoutrement. I'd also suggest googling something like, "trotting fishing UK."
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Posts: 163 08/08/2009 11:22 |
This is not a British reel, side mounted reels are usually American. This looks very much like a Mieselbach Good Luck reel except that there is no Horse shoe
trade mark.
Trotting is traditionally done with a centrepin reel and the Nottingham style "fine and far off" introduced by William Bailey and perfected by the likes of Slater, Wallis and Coxon. |
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Posts: 19 08/08/2009 11:51 |
Thanks for your input stefanduma, if this is as you say an American reel what would it be used for and how?
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Posts: 164 08/08/2009 12:13 |
real london wrote:You might want to check out this site, they did produce a side mounted version as well. http://www.peetztackle.com/ These reels are still made today
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Posts: 866 08/08/2009 14:21 |
Stefan is correct, these are American reels and can be found marked "Good Luck" quite often. Some are very ornate, such as the ones made by Ritter of
Brooklyn NY.
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real london |
Who do you think made this one | #14 | ||
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Posts: 20 08/09/2009 04:31 |
This reel is marked with the T or hammer symbol on the foot do you think this is a makers mark? and what date of manufacture would you put on it.
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Posts: 868 08/09/2009 15:12 |
I don't know who made your reel or when it was manufactured. The Meisselbach version was made from the late 1890s to about 1920. I'd imagine yours
is of a similar time frame.
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real london |
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Posts: 21 08/10/2009 03:38 |
Thanks for your comments
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